Radeon HD 6380G vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

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Aggregate performance score

Maxwell GPU Surface Book
2015
1 GB GDDR5
3.69
+610%

Maxwell GPU Surface Book outperforms Radeon HD 6380G by a whopping 610% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking6741189
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameSurface BookLlano
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 October 2015 (8 years ago)15 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399.99
Current priceno data$338 (0.8x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384160
Core clock speed954 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed993 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data1000 Million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rateno data3.200

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Radeon HD 6380G compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interfaceno dataIGP

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed5012 MHzSystem Shared
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (FL 11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkanno dataN/A
CUDA+no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD22
+633%
3−4
−633%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Far Cry 5 7−8 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Hitman 3 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+90.9%
10−12
−90.9%
Metro Exodus 4−5 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+100%
7−8
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+100%
9−10
−100%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Far Cry 5 7−8 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Hitman 3 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+90.9%
10−12
−90.9%
Metro Exodus 4−5 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+100%
7−8
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+100%
9−10
−100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Far Cry 5 7−8 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+90.9%
10−12
−90.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+100%
7−8
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+100%
9−10
−100%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7 0−1
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 2−3 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5 0−1
Metro Exodus 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book and HD 6380G compete in popular games:

  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 633% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, Maxwell GPU Surface Book surpassed HD 6380G in all 31 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.69 0.52
Recency 1 October 2015 15 June 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm

The Maxwell GPU Surface Book is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6380G in performance tests.


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